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This weekend boasts National Coming Out Day on Sunday, October 11, 2009. There's this big march you may have heard about … this is a great rallying cry in the video above. The march has been contentious as has been much of the “gay agenda” as we grow and groups emerge and differing opinions take […]
First, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's LGBT Advisory Committee. Word from the Mayor's office is that an official announcement is imminent. Now, this is what they told me in early August so frankly, I'm skeptical EXCEPT that it will be a nice little quasi-progressive pre-election move on the part of the campaign. What we should be wondering […]
This weekend brings sad news to the LGBTQ community among many others as we learned of the death of long time ACLU advocate, Larry Frankel. From the PG obiturary: Mr. Frankel, the legislative director for the Pennsylvania American Civil Liberties Union from 1992 through 2008, died last week. His body was found Friday on a […]
You may have heard some rumblings that there's a ballot battle up in Maine. Perhaps you wonder what its all about and what it means for Pittsburgh. Maine affords marriage equality to all residents. This means same sex couples can marry and enjoy the privileges and rights associated with that institution, both legally and personally. […]
I'm getting tired of learning how the privileged and elite and laptop fortified employees of Downtown are preparing for a few days without their Starbucks fix. City council offices to close during G-20 Tuesday, August 18, 2009 By Liyun Jin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette City Council will adjust its calendar for the G-20 summit, President Doug Shields […]
Yesterday, members of Northside United engaged in acts of civil disobedience to bring attention to their struggle for community benefits from the mega-development on the “Northshore.” Protestors blocked a building entrance. The media showed up and I was appalled at their condescending treatment of this exercise in their civil rights. Here's the video from KDKA […]
From Wikipedia Gay bashing is an expression used to designate verbal confrontation with, denigration of, or physical violence against people thought to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered (LGBT) because of their apparent sexual orientation or gender identity. Similar terms such as “lesbian bashing” or “queer bashing” may also be formed. A “bashing” may be […]
With the passage of the Allegheny County Human Relations Commission ordinance, Allegheny County has taken a step forward with regard to statewide equality for the LGBTQ community. I was privileged to be in attendance at last night's meeting and witness this little bit of history. I want to share with you the reflections of various community […]
This is un-freakin-believable. A church brutalizes a young man (16!) while trying to pray away the gay. Watch this: Read some of the CNN interview. Patricia McKinney, pastor of the nondenominational church who describes herself as a prophet, said she has even been receiving death threats as a result of the video, but doesn't understand […]
A few years ago, I had the privilege of breaking ground (I think) with the first liveblog of a City Council hearing. That meeting involved the Pittsburgh Police Department's internal domestic violence staff policy. You have to scroll down a bit to see the posts, but here they are. There's an oft repeated mantra that […]
